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Referee's report by William Edward Curtis, on a paper 'Spectroscopic studies of low-pressure flames IV. Measurements of light yield for C2 bands' by Alfred Gordon Gaydon and H G Wolfhard

Reference number: RR/72/124

Date: 1949

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Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. The paper is 'rather speculative in character, with little in the way of definite conclusions'. Isn't competent to express an opinion of the value of the speculations. A chemist should have been invited to referee the paper.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1950].

Date received not given.

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William Edward Curtis, Referee's report by William Edward Curtis, on a paper 'Spectroscopic studies of low-pressure flames IV. Measurements of light yield for C2 bands' by Alfred Gordon Gaydon and H G Wolfhard, 1949, RR/72/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72_124/referees-report-by-william-edward-curtis-on-a-paper-spectroscopic-studies-of-low-pressure-flames-iv-measurements-of-light-yield-for-c2-bands-by-alfred-gordon-gaydon-and-h-g-wolfhard, accessed on 06 December 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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